Combined mower and hay-tedder



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D. F. SAURER. COMBINED MUWE'R AND. HAY TEDDER.

Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

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"(No Model.) D. F. SAURER.

COMBINED MOWER AND HAY TEDDER.

No. 423,491. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

UNITED p STATES- PATENT OFFICE;

DANIEL F. SAURER, or LAUD, INDIANA.

COMBINED MOW ER AND HA Y-TEDDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,491, dated March 18, 1890. I Application filed December 6, 1889. Serial No. 332,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. SAURER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Land, in the county of \Vhitley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mowers and Hay- Tedders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the 'letters of reference markedthereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined mowingmachines and hay-tedders; and it has for its object to generally improve upon the construction and render more efficient and serviceable in operation this class of machines.

To these ends, and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the peculiar construction and in the novel combination, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, like letters of reference indicating-like parts throughout the several views, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away. v Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear elevation of the crank-shaft and its connected parts. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged details.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents the main frame, B B the wheels, and C the seat,"of a mowing-machine, which may be of any of the common and well-known forms of construction, excepting that the drive-wheel B is provided upon its inner face with an annular extension or collar, the inner periphery of which is provided with a series of cogs B D represents the frame of the tedder, which consists of the transverse rods or bars D and D which are held securely in place by the short arms or rods D and D which connect the outer ends of the rods D and D with the frame of the mowing-machine. It will 'of course be understood that it may at times be found necessary to vary the length of these connectingarms and also to change their relative positions in order to accommodate the several styles of. mowing-machines, and such changes as might be necessary in this connection I fully contemplate as a part of the present invention.

Suitably journaled within the outer-ends of the arms D are the outer ends of the crankshaft E, having cranks extending in opposite directions, each of the curves or cranks upon said shaft being provided with a steel rod E, which is at its center coiled around the'crankshaft to form a bearing and one of its ends extended to form the teeth or prongs E of the tedder. One end of each of the rods, as will be observed, is extended downwardly and rearwardly from the tedder-frame, While the opposite end E of the rod is passed loosely through an oscillating guide or thimble E which is sleeved upon the rod D. Thus it will be seen that the rod D is provided at uniform distances apart with a series of these guide-thimbles E the number and position of the said thimbles depending upon the number and relative positions of the prongs upon the crank-shaft. These thimbles serve to direct the motion of the forks as they enter the hay.

F are rods connected at their centers to the cranks F of the crank-shaft and at their upper ends sleeved on the rod D and at their other ends resting on the rod D (See Fig. 4:.)

The rod D upon the end of the tedderframe which is adjacent to the geared collar upon the driveuvheelof the mowing-machine, is provided with a short transverse shaft G, the said shaft being suitably journaled within a journal-bearing G upon the upper face of the rod. This shaft has secured to its outer ends a gear-wheel G adapted to mesh with the geared collar upon the drive-wheel B of the mowingnnachine, and upon the opposite end of *the shaft G is provided a sprocketwheel G 7 H is a short transverse shaft, which is also provided with bearings upon the rod D. This shaft isprovided upon one of its ends with a sprocket-wheel H adapted to carry a chain connecting with the sprocketwheel G upon the shaft G, and upon its outer end the shaft H carries a sprocket-wheel H2.

I is a sprocket-chain, which is passed over the sprocketwheels H and also over a sprocket-wheel K upon the extended end of the crank-shaft E.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood in connection with the foregolng description. Motion having been imparted to the machine, power will be communicated to the crank shaft of the tedder through the gearing and sprocket-chain connections between the drive-wheel of the mowlng-machine and the outer end of the crankshaft, and in its rotation the free prongs or teeth E connected with the shaft, will serve to stir up the hay, while an oscillating reciprocating motion will be imparted to the opposite set of prongs which pass through the guides E upon the rod D, and thus this set of prongs will serve to effectually prevent the hay from becoming tangled or wound around journaled at its ends within suitable bearings upon the frame, of the arms F sleeved upon the crank-shaft near their center, with their upper ends connected to the rod D and their forward ends resting on the rod D and form-' ing supports for the shaft at points intermediate of its ends, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL F. SAURER. WVitnesses:

ISAAOR. CROWN, JOSEPH lVIADDOX. 

